Reviewed by True
TITLE: Hunt in the Night: An LGBTQIA Vampire Romance
SERIES: Blood and Bonds #3
AUTHOR: S.J. Coles
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 285 pages
RELEASE DATE: August 6, 2024
BLURB:
Hunting killers is Mason’s job. But falling for a vampire is the scariest thing he’s ever done.
Detective Inspector Mason Walker is good at his job. He has never focused on much else in his life. Women come and go. Friends take time he doesn’t have to spare. The job is constant. He works hard and has built a reputation for determination and integrity.
Now his skills are needed more than ever. The level of violence in York has risen, involving both the haemophile and human communities. These are unexplored waters for Mason, with both political and professional implications, and Mason is afraid to lose his way.
But there’s been a murder—a haemophile—and Mason’s facing the question of not only who committed the dreadful crime but how? Nothing seems to be adding up. And being assigned a haemophile partner, Special Officer Cai Bracken, a freelance detective working for the Met Police, only increases his tension.
What’s really unnerving is that Cai is not only making Mason question his professional convictions, but his personal preferences, too…his most personal preferences.
With so much at stake, can Mason really cope with overhauling his police work and his personal life all at once?
REVIEW:
The whole haemophile society is watching Detective Mason Walker and breathing down his neck.
He has to solve a murder mystery case on a prominent haemophile.
It’s almost impossible to kill a haemophile, it needs skills to do so. Special Officer Cai Bracken is assigned to assist Mason.
Meeting Cai made Mason feel things, coming from deep down. He’s a professional and just pushed his feelings away.
The case is quite complex and intriguing. Dead bodies, missing haemophiles. It’s way bigger than they expected.
Cai was turned against his will, he doesn’t know his maker, and he’s not happy. He is extremely reserved with Mason, who’s pining and wants way more. Cai can’t, it hurts but he can’t, he’s afraid of Mason and even more, himself.
The communication about what is going on between them is awkward, or there are interruptions or one of them just turned away.
Thank goodness they came to a point where Mason convinced Cai that they could make it together. At first, Cai is reluctant but luckily Mason is inventive and comes prepared.
This all happens between working on the crimes.
We will meet characters from previous stories of this series, it’s all entwined with each other.
The investigations of the crimes were really well worked out, and intriguing af. The romantic part of Cai and Mason was a slow burn, but when it happened it was hot.
If you like a combination of crime, mystery, and romance, stop right here because you’ll find it all.
While crime is not my favorite, this combination worked excellently for me.
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